Remember when Trump vowed to end 'American carnage'?
By James Pindell Globe Staff,
Updated June 2, 2020
During his 16-minute inauguration speech more than three years ago, President Donald Trump painted a picture of the America he was about to lead.
It was a nation where “forgotten men and women” suffered from widening economic inequality; where crime and ignorance stifled dreams; where unchecked globalism depleted the nation’s wealth and military strength.
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To be fair, the president didn’t create systemic racism or the coronavirus; he didn’t hope to trigger the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression. But he has, arguably, done little to help, and a great deal to hurt. In less than five months, on Election Day, voters may judge him for it.
Here are three ways Trump has fueled the flames:
Racial strife
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Pandemic disaster
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An economy that is even more unequal
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